, 1887-04-28

another sand it was "1aoek-down and
drag out argument.
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OJd Fellows hall tonight.
Moses Knra cf Seattle is IN town
New buildings are going mp all over
jo~n.
You cau get most any kind Of weather
thesc days.
Capt Alfred Call Of Tie bark d, c.
Murry, Is il town from HaiIock.
Stone - already On the ground for the
basement walls of the McGUrdy build
ing.
Chaplain Stubbs is expected her" on
Monday next, to address the public on
scamen's bethel work.
i brother of NJ Bernstein is i'll town
from Seattle, from the mercantile house
of a. Lobe i Co.
Geo. Poor, steward Of the Geo. f.
Starr, was rendered pleasant birthday
party at Seattle the other evening.
Z. n. Harrison Of Texas, brother OF
DR.. L n. Harrison of this city, is in
town visiting his brother and wife.
License to wed vas issued today TO J.
S. Magladry and Stella Z. Eastbrooke
The groom is from Vancouver City, B.
G., and the bride from California.
Three families from Texas are in town
looking for temporary residence accom-
modations. They are finding difficulty
to secure even single uuoccupied
dwelling
All members Of Chimacnm Tribe l. o.
r. NJ. are requested to attend the meet
ing Of the Tribe this evening at Good
Templar Hall. $50. Important business
will come up for attention.
In the celebrated Miller case. tried
here last fall, the jnry have again dis
agreed and the Judge has refused 10 dis
charge the prisoner, The jury stood
nine for conviction ard three for ac-
quittal.
slight alteration occurred in town
last evening, that resulted in aiew pistol
shots being fired and no one hurt. Ow-
ing to the good staniiug of the parties
concerned their names are Withheld
from publication.
Over thirty immigrants arrived IN the
Chester today, from the East viz San
Francisco, seeking homes on the lonely
shores of Puget Sound. The Idaho had
nearly % passengers today, enroute to
the Alaska gold feds.
Frank Pettygrove, Jr,, returned home
this morning from san Francisco. Mr.
Pettygr We has purchased large stock
of dry goods, which will arrive shortly.
Next Monday lie will commence remov-
ing his stock and fixtures irto ine Roths-
childs building.
Mr.. NJ. J. Carkeek, the successful bid
der on the contract for labor and ma.
teriaI for the lower story OF the custom
house, is in town. Mr.. K has large
property interests on Quimper peninsula,
and says he feels like staying here per-
mauently.
At the revival meeting last evening
the church was flied. Rev. II: l.. Yer
non related his experience-rrom rank
skepticism to Christianity. He was fol-
lowed by the pastor in half hours ex-
hortation, after which an after-meeting
was held III which one seeker went to the
altar for the second time and two for
the first time; all three were converted.
A panic was imminent at one time when
an cid fashioned shouting Methodist
sister gave vent to her feelings. 1t was
a new experience to maryland scared
them.
Dr. and Mrs. n. d. Hill, who are prob
ably by this time in Philadelphia, are re-
visiting the scenes of their youth for the
first time since they started west. Thir-
ty years ago on the Both of this month
they were uDitcd in wedlock in Phi!adel
ph;a. They are now back to celebrate
that thirtieth anniversary. The frosts
OF more than a quarter of a century have
Whiteued their heads during these years;
their children have grown up, and they
are descending the deciivity in the even
ing OF life rs happily as when in those
other years they gave themselves each to
The other, ''for better OF for worse"
There is smart alrck newspaper
scribbier in Portland, writing for mush-
room sensational paper there called the
Times. He Iuts in his spare moments
concoctirg ali sorts OF mean things about
Collector Brooks and Postmaster Nc
Namara of this place. Upon inquiry we
find that he is the Pacific coast member
of SiGmese twin firn-the Washington
member being rotten Cut Ma a)cumber--
and that the explanation for such an un
usual amount Of milk IN the coccanut is
in the fact that a certain blackmai!ing
scheme didn't pan out, somehow. But
the concern must have blood money, in
one way or another, and so it continues
to hound these gentlemen. We hope
they will steadily refuse to be bled.
Il is really remarkable that there are
still persons in Port Townsend who
would defeat that University enterprise
yet i they could-peTsous who persist in
circulating malicious reports that the
money IS wanted 10 buill churches
witt: persons who ara unwilling TO be-
l:eve that the promoters OF the enterprise
are anything but deceitful ard dishon-
est villains. The concentrated meannJ S.
OF such persons is evidenced IL the fact
that their ISLANDERS are uttered surepti-
tiously, and just where they would be
most likely to poison somebody's mind